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Danse macabre, an Uncommon card
Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 77,000
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Danse macabre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Danse macabre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It ______ 24 January 1875.
Answer
premiered. It premiered 24 January 1875. From the Danse macabre article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in ____ by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
Answer
1870s. Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. From the Danse macabre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Riccardo Scamarcio. Riccardo Scamarcio 61 · The Roaring Twenties 58 · Danse macabre 54 · Saint Vulgan Church 49 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It premiered 24 January 1875.
- It is in the key of G minor.
- It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Danse macabre article was read about 77,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Danse macabre
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Danse macabre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Reutlinger (1816–81), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
